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Sexualité des femmes ménopausées en Afrique sub-saharienne: exemple du Sénégal

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Author	Diouf, Abdoul Aziz Diallo, Djibril Niang, Papa Youssou Niass, Aminata Koulimaya-Gombet, Cyr Espérance Diallo, Moussa Moreau, Jean Charles Diouf, Alassane
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Introduction: In Africa, sex life after menopause remains an under-explored topic due to the fact that it is a taboo. This study aims to evaluate the quality of couple's sex life during menopause. Methods : we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 320 postmenopausal women. The inclusion criteria were natural menopause. Patients who had experienced early or iatrogenic menopause were excluded. Investigation form was divided into 4 sections: social and cultural characteristics, clinical data, psycho-sexual data and therapeutic data. Comparison of proportions and chi-squared test with a significance threshold of less than 0.05 were used. results: the average age of women was 60 years; The average age of onset of menopause was 48 years and the age of menopause was 11.3 years. All woman suffered from climacteric syndrome. Hot flushes occured in 85.9% of women, vaginal dryness in 62.8% and urinary disorders in 52.5%. Only married women reported having sex with their partner (62.1%). Women had sex occasionally in 68.9% of cases, while 18.1% of women reported no sexual activity. Decreased sexual activity has been associated with erectile dysfunction (62% of couples) and the lack of sexual desire (83.5% of women). Lack of sexual appetite and orgasm were also reported in 92% and 100% of cases. However, 93.5% of married women thought their life was bearable. Conclusion: marital status, dyspareunia, vaginal dryness and partner erectile dysfunction have a significant impact on sexuality of menopausal women in Senegal.
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DOI	10.11604/pamj.2019.32.1.17755
PubMed reference number	31182986
Volume Number	32
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/32/1/pdf/1.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.1.17755
Journal	The Pan African Medical Journal
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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